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[oxbridgethegap]

Where I come from, most cultures have their own takes on the otherwordly, the supernatural. As shown in this entry, many of you are familiar with the lore of your world and even have had your own encounters with them.

Let me ask you this, to supplement the previous question: What creatures or supernatural beings of your world are generally portrayed in a negative light? Of those, do any have a particular fascination with blood?

Discuss as you will.


[Video Filtered to the Forensics Unit a short while later:]
Ladies, gents, I hope you're in the mood for work. We have another body.

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[oxbridgethegap]

It's considerate of you to think of the younger Travelers. I admit, the possibility of them coming across it slipped my mind.

Though, now that I have made this conversation private, you can speak freely.

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[samantha_grey]

[She sighed and reached up to rub her temples. It was hard to think of something that wasn't too disturbing, and a few of the things with personal elements were not something that would qualify as things she would share. However, general information could suffice.]

Demons are the masters of hell, where those who oppose their great enemy [she didn't often like giving 'god' the kindness of a name.] are punished for an eternity. An example of depravity might be to look to the ancient inquisition of the Spanish, if you are familiar with it. Tools of the trade, torture, agony, pain and prolonged torment. Thumbscrews and the Iron Maiden of course come to mind, though a lot of that was basically hogwash.

What those tools could do is a pale imitation of what a demon could do if serrated, bladed and crushing tools were at their discretion, with medical or magical means to make sure the person suffers as long as possible. Worst of all is an old lesson that the strongest of people should remember.

Sometimes pleasure is more painful than pain to the unprepared.

If you really need ideas, the library might have a copy of the Witch's Hammer. There's a lot of history from other worlds. It was something people used long ago in my world. It should give you an idea of what a demon is capable.

[She was not about to associate the Spanish Inquisition with 'good.']

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[oxbridgethegap]

[Gratuitous torture, from the sound of it. Though the details unsettle Charles, he's beginning to see that the demons might not be the killer the Forensics Unit is looking for.]

I will look into the title at the earliest possible time. It must be quite the resource, if you have gathered your information from it.

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[samantha_grey]

It's a horrible, twisted book that some fool chose to reprint so people could learn from the mistake of horrible, twisted men a very long time ago. Like I said before, survival instincts. Knowing what horrible things do gets you ready to protect yourself from horrible things. Seeing them lurking in the shadows teaches you to know the difference between the real monsters, and the ones that are just hiding.